New Republican Candidate???

[Guest LadyC]

I'm interested to know what people here think of Ron Paul.

I like him a lot. He doesn't have a chance apart from the GOP, though.

And his comments were misinterpreted on a grand scale.

i disagree on the "grand scale" measuring stick. i heard him, and i heard his post-debate interview. he may not blame america specifically, but he blames american foreign policy for being the reason we were attacked on 9/11 and refused to deny that he thinks we should keep our eyes averted and our mouths shut when it comes to other countries that make a sport out of abusing women.

[Marnie]

Fred Thompson is a RINO too. Check his history. He did a lot for the issues that Christians are against.

Well, he is a politician, not a church leader, and his electorate includes people of all kinds of beliefs and disbeliefs, who he has to represent. Politics is the art of compromise. But on balance, he is consistently conservative and I know him to be a decent, moral man. So...you know, until Paul the Apostle's name appears on ballot, I'll vote for the one who comes closest to my world view, understanding that until the Millennial Kingdom is established, this world (country) is not my home, I'm just passing through.

[Guest LadyC]

i'm still leaning towards huckabee, even though i have no expectation that he'll win the nomination.

[ayin jade]

His record on a abortion is unblemished (in spite of things that may have been said 11-12 years ago, and in spite of inflammatory and unsubstantiated stabs at his character)

Thompson's struggles to distance himself from past lobbying activity on behalf of a pro-choice organization, first reported by the Los Angeles Times.

According to the paper, "In 1991, Thompson agreed to work for a pro-abortion rights group, the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association," where he was hired as council to "aid in discussions with the Administration . . . to rescind a rule prohibiting abortion counseling at federally funded clinics."

Thompson's Spokesmen Mark Corallo told CNN, "Fred Thompson has no recollection of doing any work on behalf of this group. He may have been consulted by one of the firm's partners who represented this group in 1991."

But according to Thompson's old law partner, former Democratic Congressman Michael Barnes, Thompson was set up to work with the organization specifically. "The only person who worked on it was Fred," he says.

His task was to urge the administration of President George H. W. Bush to withdraw or relax a rule that barred abortion counseling at clinics that received federal money, according to the records and to people who worked on the matter.

The abortion "gag rule" was then a major political flashpoint. Lobbying against the rule would have placed Thompson at odds with the antiabortion movement that he is now trying to rally behind his expected declaration of a presidential bid.

That is not unsubstantiated stabs at his character.

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na...=la-home-center

Some of this is also from a CNN news source that regurgitates the la times article.

[Marnie]

I'm interested to know what people here think of Ron Paul.

I like him a lot. He doesn't have a chance apart from the GOP, though.

And his comments were misinterpreted on a grand scale.

i disagree on the "grand scale" measuring stick. i heard him, and i heard his post-debate interview. he may not blame america specifically, but he blames american foreign policy for being the reason we were attacked on 9/11 and refused to deny that he thinks we should keep our eyes averted and our mouths shut when it comes to other countries that make a sport out of abusing women.

Well, he is a libertarian. A typical libertarian position is that goes on in another country, unless if affects us, is their business, not ours. I don't disagree with that.

[rtwo]

His record on a abortion is unblemished (in spite of things that may have been said 11-12 years ago, and in spite of inflammatory and unsubstantiated stabs at his character)

Thompson's struggles to distance himself from past lobbying activity on behalf of a pro-choice organization, first reported by the Los Angeles Times.

According to the paper, "In 1991, Thompson agreed to work for a pro-abortion rights group, the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association," where he was hired as council to "aid in discussions with the Administration . . . to rescind a rule prohibiting abortion counseling at federally funded clinics."

Thompson's Spokesmen Mark Corallo told CNN, "Fred Thompson has no recollection of doing any work on behalf of this group. He may have been consulted by one of the firm's partners who represented this group in 1991."

But according to Thompson's old law partner, former Democratic Congressman Michael Barnes, Thompson was set up to work with the organization specifically. "The only person who worked on it was Fred," he says.

His task was to urge the administration of President George H. W. Bush to withdraw or relax a rule that barred abortion counseling at clinics that received federal money, according to the records and to people who worked on the matter.

The abortion "gag rule" was then a major political flashpoint. Lobbying against the rule would have placed Thompson at odds with the antiabortion movement that he is now trying to rally behind his expected declaration of a presidential bid.

That is not unsubstantiated stabs at his character.

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na...=la-home-center

Some of this is also from a CNN news source that regurgitates the la times article.

Actually, no... this is unsubstantiated. It's pretty much the definition of unsubstantiated. There are two whole people who have basically said this happened, and they have an agenda to sell, and therefore more than a little motive to fabricate it. Others, some of whom have no agenda regarding Thompson's character (such as the person Thompson had supposedly lobbied) say it never happened. Further, there has been nothing from the firm Thompson was working with in the way of proof -- and this firm, known for its liberal tendencies (which chose Thompson precisely because he is a conservative) has plenty of reason to leak any proof they might have. You don't find it telling that they haven't done so? The only piece of "evidence" for this is some minutes from the group Thompson supposedly lobbied for -- and you can't honestly tell me they aren't pushing an agenda here, can you?

Or, are we just taking the LA Times (as corroborated by CNN) as gospel now? Now there's a pair of unbiased news sources dedicated to Truth!!

[MorningGlory]

I'm interested to know what people here think of Ron Paul.

[georgesbluegirl]

Since I threw out his name without giving an opinion, I may as well offer that I like him, wouldn't vote for him, and think that people like him are extremely important voices in the GOP.

[Scarletprayers]

What what I've seen so far.................I've about decided not to vote at all.

[senerhu]

I came here hoping to find Fred Thompson...